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Suicide bomber killed in an ambush in northern Baghdad, SMC reports

Suicide bomber killed in an ambush in northern Baghdad, SMC reports
2022-07-17T06:22:06+00:00

Shafaq News/ A suicide bomber has been killed in a joint military operation in the north of the Iraqi capital city, Baghdad, the Security Media Cell (SMC) reported on Sunday morning.

An SMC statement said that a joint force from Baghdad's Operations Command and the 59th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi's (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) sixth division "managed to kill a terrorist donning an explosive vest in Hamad Shehab, al-Tarmiyah."

SMC said that the terrorist, who belongs to the Islamic State extremist group, was trapped in a tight ambush at dawn today after prolonged surveillance.

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